Tom Frey Cast In Premiere of "Breath & Imagination" At Hartford Stage

Actor-pianist Tom Frey joins the previously announced Jubilant Sykes and Kecia Lewis-Evans the cast in HartfordStage's world premiere of "Breath & Imagination -- The Story of Roland Hayes" by Daniel Beaty.

For more than 10 years, Frey has been involved with the touring musical production, "2 Pianos/4 Hands," which played Hartford Stage's SummerStage Series.

"Breath & Imagination" is described: "Before Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson, there was Roland Hayes - the first world-renowned African-American classical vocalist. Born the son of a slave, Roland discovered his voice as a young boy singing spirituals in church."

The musical play -- featuring classical and gospel music -- chronicles Hayes' journey from a plantation in Georgia, to singing before kings and queens in Europe. The show is a co-production with City Theatre in Pittsburgh.